We've had an uptick in overdoses here in RI the past month or so, I've head around 22 (a lot for such a small area) so far confirmed? It's extremely scary, and I'm glad I'm not using, because I was the addict who ran to find that dope when I heard that people were dying from it. But it's not just here - it's everywhere in the country. Pennsylvania, NY, Jersey, Baltimore... and I could go on.
Part of me wonders, though - are we seeing news of these stronger batches of heroin and subsequent lethal overdoses just because a celebrity has died at the hand of the needle? I find that when a celebrity overdoses, people run to suggest that there is a heroin/oxycontin/cocaine/molly/whatever epidemic in our country. We've had these problems for a verrry long time, and it really bothers me that it takes a celebrity's death to push these issues into the light. What about all the nameless and faceless non-celebs who succumb to this disease everyday?